AMMAN —
Jordan Economic Forum (JEF) has held a meeting
with World Bank (WB) officials to discuss Jordan’s Economic Modernization
Vision and evolving economic challenges, the Jordan News Agency, Petra,
reported.
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According to a
statement released by the forum on Wednesday, the discussion examined
strategies for attracting and retaining investments, increasing women’s economic
participation, and combating unemployment.
Participants in
the forum emphasized the need to create a spending plan to promote Jordan’s
investment and tourism sectors, particularly in light of the incentives offered
by the Kingdom to investors, and to present Jordan as a business-friendly
environment in which to invest and trade with confidence.
They also
presented a briefing on the
Economic Modernization Vision as a road map for the
coming years that will lead to economic growth and create tens of thousands of
jobs.
World Bank
officials, for their part, highlighted the importance of utilizing technology
and enhancing the capabilities of individuals to generate economic growth.
In addition to
investment facilitation, “women empowerment and increasing women’s economic
activity are important pillars for enhancing the growth of the national
economy,” they added.
World Bank officials
participating in the session were Merza Hasan, the bank’s dean of the Board of
Executive Directors, Jean-Christophe Carret, the World Bank Country Director
for the Middle East Department, Holly Welborn Benner, the World Bank resident
representative, and Fawaz Bilbeisi, Jordan’s senior advisor to the World Bank
executive director.
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